Anyone heard their new single Taiyou o houmuri hi? I listened to it this morning. It's really long! Like, epic! ... Well, not quite - something like 6 or 7 minutes. ☝ It's ... pretty good. Not the best thing they've ever done ... I dunno about you, but I get the feeling that D is still very much a developing band. It might not sound that way at first because they have a very definite and cohesive sound of their own, which is tight and quite mature-sounding. But I can't help feeling that they've got more potential, and I don't think they've stopped developing. They have a knack for that kind of soaring metal, replete with guitars and hanging off Asagi's voice. But I think they can do better than that, and I
think - I might be wrong but it's an inkling - that they are showing some signs of moving away from that.
I love their brand of traditional rock-metal, and wouldn't want them to change that in such a way that they lost their characteristics. But I can't help feeling that they can somehow expand, and I get the impression that they are feeling that, too, but not as yet quite sure how to do it. This latest song is
big ... I mean, it is long, and it uses a
big sound; it seems like it is really straining against some invisible barrier that it hasn't quite broken through (because when you listen to it, it is after all only a rather long and reasonably ordinary rock song with good technique).
Kyahh ... maybe I'm just imagining things here. I'm going off on a total D-flight here!
But ... does anyone else agree with me?